WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it has appointed French-born University of California-Berkeley economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas as its next chief economist, replacing Gita Gopinath, who is joining the IMF management team this month.
IMF said Gourinchas, who joined UC-Berkeley in 2003 and held previous economic posts at Princeton University and Stanford University, will start part-time on Jan 24 and transition to full-time work on April 1.
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